35228 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 124 / Monday, June 29, 1998 / Notices

1 Kin Bridge Taiwan maintains an NVOCC bond,

No. 055326, in the amount of $50,000 with

Washington International Insurance Company,

Itasca, Illinois.

2Hanjin Service Contract No. 3852, and Hanjin

Service Contract No. 5117, both signed by Kin

Bridge Taiwan.

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–17245 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1215–DR]

Tennessee; Amendment No. 9 to

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Tennessee, (FEMA–1215-DR), dated

April 20, 1998, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Tennessee, is hereby amended to

include the following area among those

areas determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of April 20, 1998:

Lauderdale County for Public Assistance.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–17246 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, DC 20573.

Damon Lavelle Wilson, 10010 Rio

Bravo, Houston, TX 77064, Sole

Proprietor.

Toriello Passarelli, Inc. d/b/a, Toriello

Freight International, 8538 NW 72nd

Street, Miami, FL 33166, Officers:

Mario Toriello, President, Elizabeth

Cano, Vice President.

Dated: June 23, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17140 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 98–09]

Kin Bridge Express Inc. and Kin Bridge

Express (U.S.A.) Inc.—Possible

Violations of Sections 8, 10(a)(1),

10(b)(1) and 23 of the Shipping Act of

1984; Order of Investigation and

Hearing

Kin Bridge Express Inc. (‘‘Kin Bridge

Taiwan’’) is a tariffed and bonded nonvessel-operating common carrier

(‘‘NVOCC’’) located at 2nd Floor, No. 80,

Section 2, Chang An East Road, Taipei

10405, Taiwan. Kin Bridge Taiwan

holds out to operate as an NVOCC

pursuant to its tariff No. 015344–002,

filed April 9, 1998. Wilson Chiao is

President of Kin Bridge Taiwan.

Kin Bridge Express (U.S.A.) Inc. (‘‘Kin

Bridge USA’’) was, until April 18, 1998,

a tariffed and bonded NVOCC located at

182–30 150th Road, Jamaica, New York

11413. Effective April 18, Kin Bridge

USA canceled its NVOCC tariff and

transferred its bond to Kin Bridge

Taiwan.1 Kin Bridge USA continues to

serve as U.S. destination agent for Kin

Bridge Taiwan and as its designated

resident agent for service of process.

The President of Kin Bridge USA is

Michael Hong.

It appears that Kin Bridge Taiwan,

acting as shipper on certain shipments

on which it was doing business as

NVOCC, participated in a scheme of

commodity misdescriptions on at least

73 shipments transported by an ocean

common carrier between January 7,

1996 and February 4, 1997. The

shipments originated from Kin Bridge’s

offices in Taiwan and Hong Kong and

were consigned to Kin Bridge USA in

New York. Kin Bridge Taiwan issued a

‘‘house,’’ of NVOCC, bill of lading for

each shipment for tender by the

ultimate consignee to Kin Bridge USA

upon arrival of the cargo.

It further appears that Hanjin

Shipping Co. and other ocean common

carriers rated the commodities in

accordance with the false cargo

description furnished by Kin Bridge

Taiwan, and its U.S. destination agent,

Kin Bridge USA, accepted delivery of

the cargo and made payment to the

ocean carrier on the basis of the

resulting lower rate. Other

contemporaneous documentation, such

as the arrival notice issued by Kin

Bridge USA to the U.S. consignee,

indicate that Kin Bridge USA and its

principals knew that the shipments

actually consisted of commodities

different from those listed on the ocean

common carrier’s bills of lading.

Moreover, it appears that the rates

assessed and collected by Kin Bridge

Taiwan and its U.S. agent Kin Bridge

USA for these shipments bear no

relation to the rates set forth in any Kin

Bridge tariff then on file with the

Commission. Prior to April 9, 1998, Kin

Bridge Taiwan in fact had no tariff and

no NVOCC bond; nonetheless it was

actively engaged in negotiating and

executing service contracts with Hanjin

Shipping Co.2 and possibly other ocean

common carriers prior to such date. Nor

could the tariff of Kin Bridge USA set

forth the applicable rates, because Kin

Bridge USA only published a limited

number of rates, which were applicable

to its outbound NVOCC services.

It further appear that, during the

period January 1996 through April 1998,

numerous outbound shipments were

originated by Kin Bridge USA in its

capacity as an NVOCC, which were

destined to Kin Bridge USA agents in

the Far East. Review of the ATFI tariff

of Kin Bridge USA indicates that many

of these shipments may not have been

covered by outbound rates then on file

in the tariff of Kin Bridge USA.